freebirth-alsa command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix freebirth-alsa command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

freebirth-alsa: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: freebirth-alsa: command not found

Solutions to freebirth-alsa: command not found

How To Fix freebirth-alsa: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu freebirth-alsa is provided by freebirth package.

freebirth is:

Freebirth is a free software bass synthesizer / step sequencer / sample player similar to Rebirth. The bass synthesizer resembles a 303 but also has other capabilities such as

  • Three oscillators (saw, sin, sqr)
  • Phase offsets for each oscillator
  • Separate filter and amplitude envelopes
  • Separate tuning for each oscillator
  • Two effects busses (reverb and delay).

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install freebirth

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install freebirth.

sudo apt -y install freebirth

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install freebirth

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix freebirth-alsa command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.